Publisher's Description

"The exchanged life." Hudson Taylor first used the term to describe what it means to know Christ as our sufficiency in all things. Taylor is but one of the many Christian luminaries who have discovered Christ as the secret to abundant living. John Bunyan, Andrew Murray, Amy Carmichael, Oswald Chambers, Charles Finney-behind the varied lives and personalities of these and other men and women lies a common theme, a pattern that leads from desperation to the abundant life Jesus promised. From their stories, we too can find the path to deeper faith and a more vital relationship with God. In They Found the Secret, Raymond Edman presents the lives of twenty well-known and little-known Christians. "The details of their experience of the crisis of the deeper life are delightfully different," Edman writes, "yet their testimony to the reality of the joy and power of the Spirit-filled life is unanimous . . . It is [the Lord] who satisfies the longing soul. He is the secret of the exchanged life!"

Author Bio

V. Raymond Edman is best remembered as the fourth president of Wheaton College in Illinois and as the writer of many devotional books. He earned his Ph.D. in International Relations from Clark University in 1933 and soon after that went to Wheaton were he remained until his death in 1967 while speaking in chapel.

The real life witness of the writers of these life experiences is a real challenge for many today who are seeking for the power to live the Christian life but are depending too much on their own abilties and resources. The lives of the writers are living proof that the scriptural way to true strength and guidance is to first commit ones life to the Holy Spirit and then to establish a living relationship with the Lord every day.

This book is empowering and inspiring. I believe that this book will speak to every Christian and to their personal walk with the Lord. Every Christian should know about this. I am glad that I discovered the "exchanged life" and it all makes sense now. And to be more specific, I would give this book ten stars for overall rating.

I read this book almost 30 years ago for the first time. I was very pleased to see it has been published again. It was a great blessing to me and has been over the years. So much so that I have been keeping a supply of them to give to people I sense as searching for a deeper walk with God. A great encouragement in the search for the "spirit filled life".

This is a group of short biographies of both famous and not so famous individuals. All telling the story of their indwelling by the Holy Spirit. It has opened my eyes to what it truly means to be born again and thru that a richer understanding of the Word. I highly recommend this book!!